#272FA8#272FA8

#272FA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.189 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272FA8
RGB	rgb(39, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 39.51, -65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 76.25, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.0033 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.189 271)
XYZ	xyz(8.9187, 5.2906, 37.5893)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272FA8 #A8A027

analogous

#276FA8 #272FA8 #5F27A8

triadic

#272FA8 #A8272F #2FA827

tetradic

#272FA8 #A8276F #A8A027 #27A85F

square

#272FA8 #A8276F #A8A027 #27A85F

split-complementary

#272FA8 #A85F27 #6FA827

monochromatic

#101345 #1B2176 #272FA8 #3B44D1 #6C73DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#272FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#272FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272FA8

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272FA8	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.189 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7768c3',
    500: '#272fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272fa8;
$custom-light: #7768c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.279,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39181,
    "c": 0.18884,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.05292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272FA8

secondary

#C3BE67

accent

#DB42E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #272FA8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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